This chapter's epigraph comes from a line in the play's first chapter, which states, "I'm a monster. I'm the only one here." This is a reference to the fact that the narrator is the only person in the story who is actually a "monster" . In other words, he's the one who has the power to kill the other person. This is the first time we've seen the narrator act like a monster, and it's clear that he doesn't want to be alone with the other characters.